2018 United States Senate election in Nevada

2018 United States Senate election in Nevada

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Turnout62.26% Increase
 
Nominee Jacky Rosen Dean Heller
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 490,071 441,202
Percentage 50.41% 45.38%

Rosen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     80–90%      >90%
Heller:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     80–90%      >90%

U.S. senator before election

Dean Heller
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jacky Rosen
Democratic

The 2018 United States Senate election in Nevada took place November 6, 2018, to elect one of two U.S. senators from Nevada. Incumbent Republican senator Dean Heller lost re-election to a second full term, being defeated by Democratic nominee Jacky Rosen.

Heller had considered a bid for Nevada governor but instead announced he would run for reelection to a second full term. This was the only Republican-held U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2018 in a state Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election, and one of two Democratic flips in the 2018 U.S. Senate elections.[1][2] Rosen's victory marked the first time that Nevada had been represented by two women in the United States Senate, and the first time a Democrat had won the Class 1 Senate seat in Nevada since 1994 (as well as the first time both Senate seats were held by Democrats since 2001). Heller was the only Republican incumbent to lose a Senate seat in 2018; he later unsuccessfully ran in the 2022 Republican primary for Governor of Nevada.

The candidate filing deadline was March 16, 2018, and the primary election was held on June 12.[3]

  1. ^ Hagar, Ray (May 5, 2016). "Sen. Heller Considers Run For Governor In 2018". Nevada News & Views. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Rindels, Michelle (November 25, 2016). "Fresh off 2016 losses, Democrats target 2018 Senate races". Nevada Appeal. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "United States Senate election in Nevada, 2018 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved March 3, 2017.

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